Tukur Dahiru

Ahmadu Bello University

Publishing since 2005, latest 2026

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Health Professions
Health Information Management
Infectious Diseases
Emergency Medicine

Publications: 572005–2026
Citations: 1,293to those papers
h-index: 16i10-index 22
Field-weighted impact: 1.651.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 18%10 of 56 scored papers
Open access: 86%49 papers free to read

7 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

57 in all

Correlates of contraceptive use among women of reproductive age in a rural community, northwest Nigeria. – a descriptive cross-sectional study
2026Kanem Journal of Medical SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.36020/kjms.2026.2001.003
Predictors of directly observed therapy method of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria among pregnant women in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health2340%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1526%
General Health Professions1425%
Health Information Management814%
Infectious Diseases712%
Emergency Medicine47%
Epidemiology47%
Nutrition and Dietetics47%
Clinical Psychology35%
Endocrinology35%

Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health23
Global Health and Epidemiology8
Malaria Research and Control6
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health5
Child Nutrition and Water Access4
Global Health Care Issues4
Reproductive Health and Contraception4
Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences3
Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus3
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology3
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions3
Injury Epidemiology and Prevention3

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

14% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States3
Switzerland2
United Kingdom2
Benin1
Canada1
Germany1
Spain1
India1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ahmadu Bello University Teaching HospitalNG11 papers
African Field Epidemiology NetworkNG11 papers
Kaduna State UniversityNG9 papers
University of IbadanNG7 papers
Federal Teaching Hospital AbakalikiNG5 papers
Federal Ministry of HealthNG4 papers
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, SokotoNG4 papers
Usmanu Danfodiyo UniversityNG4 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB2 papers
University of Nevada, RenoUS2 papers

Where they publish

PubMed6
Pan African Medical Journal4
Malaria Journal3
African Journal of Trauma2
Annals of Ibadan Postgraduate Medicine2
International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being20
1No poverty6
5Gender equality3
17Partnerships for the goals3
2Zero hunger2
4Quality education2
8Decent work and economic growth1
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Most cited

P-Value, a true test of statistical significance? a cautionary note
Annals of Ibadan Postgraduate Medicine
2011386 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Determinants of antenatal care, institutional delivery and postnatal care services utilization in Nigeria
Pan African Medical Journal1
2015294 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Predictors of delayed Antenatal Care (ANC) visits in Nigeria: secondary analysis of 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS)

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Digit preference in Nigerian censuses data of 1991 and 2006

2022Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author7 citations10.2427/8843

Determinants of Vitamin A Uptake in Nigeria: The Role of Contextual Factors

2018Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author6 citations10.9734/jammr/2018/38536

Fertility Desires and Contraceptive Practices of Rural Women in Sokoto, North Western Nigeria

2018International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & HealthJournalOpen access2 citations10.9734/ijtdh/2018/34228

Determinants of Childhood Malaria Morbidities in Nigeria: Secondary Analysis of 2015 Malaria Indicator Survey

2018International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.9734/ijtdh/2018/40520

First-day and Early Neonatal Mortality in Nigeria: A Pooled Cross-sectional Analysis of Nigeria DHS Data

2017Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.9734/bjmmr/2017/28247

A 14 year review of neonatal tetanus at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Northwest Nigeria

2017Journal of Public Health and EpidemiologyJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.5897/jphe2016.0882

Level and determinants of high fertility in two contrasting populations in Nigeria

2017African Population StudiesJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.11564/31-1-989

A review of population-based studies on diabetes mellitus in Nigeria

2016Sub-Saharan African Journal of MedicineJournalFirst authorCorresponding57 citations10.4103/2384-5147.184351

Job satisfaction among doctors and nurses: a case study of federal medical centre Yola, Nigeria

2016International Journal of Community Medicine and Public HealthJournalOpen access15 citations10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20161643

Clustering of cardiovascular disease risk-factors in semi-urban population in Northern Nigeria

2013Nigerian Journal of Clinical PracticeJournalOpen accessFirst author16 citations10.4103/1119-3077.116903

P-Value, a true test of statistical significance? a cautionary note

2011Annals of Ibadan Postgraduate MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding386 citations10.4314/aipm.v6i1.64038

Mortality and cause of death in Abuth, Zaria: 1999-2005

2011Annals of Ibadan Postgraduate MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst author5 citations10.4314/aipm.v8i1.63956

Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research

Journal of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care2

How it can be read

86% free to read

Diamond 19 · 33%Free to read and to publish
Gold 16 · 28%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 7%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 8 · 14%A copy in a repository
Closed 8 · 14%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 57 papers name a funder

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit1
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership1
European Commission1
GAVI Alliance1
Tasmanian Department of Health1
UNICEF1

Sustainable cities and communities

Pan African Medical Journal

2017102 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

A review of population-based studies on diabetes mellitus in Nigeria

Sub-Saharan African Journal of Medicine17

201657 citations